| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 6.8% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.5% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 2.3% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Unemployment Rate | 7.6% |
| Month-Over-Month Change | −1.3% ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 3.9% ▲ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,030,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 41,700 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −18,000 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Employment | 1,111,200 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 10,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −49,800 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Full-Time Employment | 1,887,700 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 38,500 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | −117,400 ▼ |
| September 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Part-Time Employment | 556,600 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 16,300 ▲ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 11,100 ▲ |
| Public Sector | Private Sector | Self-employed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Jobs | 492,300 | 1,515,500 | 436,400 |
| Month-Over-Month Change | 24,300 ▲ | 36,100 ▲ | −5,600 ▼ |
| Year-Over-Year Change | 32,200 ▲ | −110,400 ▼ | −28,100 ▼ |
| Age | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 years | 7.4% ▲ | 6.3% ▲ |
| 25 to 54 years | 3.6% ▲ | 3.0% ▲ |
| 55 years and over | 2.5% ▲ | 0.0% |
| Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|
| Employment | -71400 ▼ | -23400 ▼ |
| Full-time employment | -67800 ▼ | -38900 ▼ |
| Part-time employment | -3600 ▼ | 15600 ▲ |
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | 7.3% ▲ | 7.5% ▲ | 7.2% ▲ | 2.8% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | 2.6% ▲ | 0.3% ▲ | −0.7% ▼ | 1.1% ▲ |
| Goods-producing sector | −3.7% ▼ | x | −4.0% ▼ | 0.6% ▲ | 1.2% ▲ | 0.6% ▲ | −2.0% ▼ | x | −1.2% ▼ |
| Agriculture | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Utilities | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Construction | 2.4% ▲ | x | 2.6% ▲ | 4.4% ▲ | x | 5.5% ▲ | −0.1% ▼ | x | 1.0% ▲ |
| Manufacturing | x | x | x | −1.9% ▼ | x | −5.2% ▼ | −1.5% ▼ | x | x |
| Services-producing sector | 5.0% ▲ | 4.3% ▲ | 6.3% ▲ | 3.7% ▲ | 3.1% ▲ | 4.4% ▲ | 1.0% ▲ | 0.4% ▲ | 1.6% ▲ |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 3.4% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | 3.5% ▲ | 3.5% ▲ | 1.7% ▲ | 5.1% ▲ | −0.2% ▼ | −0.7% ▼ | x |
| Transportation and warehousing | x | x | x | 3.2% ▲ | x | 0.8% ▲ | −2.8% ▼ | x | x |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | x | x | x | 0.8% ▲ | x | x | x | x | x |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | x | x | x | 2.0% ▲ | −0.9% ▼ | x | x | x | x |
| Business, building and other support services | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Educational services | x | x | x | 2.4% ▲ | 0.9% ▲ | x | x | x | x |
| Health care and social assistance | x | x | x | 2.6% ▲ | 3.0% ▲ | x | x | x | x |
| Information, culture and recreation | x | x | x | 9.3% ▲ | x | x | 0.3% ▲ | x | x |
| Accommodation and food services | 6.5% ▲ | x | 5.7% ▲ | 8.1% ▲ | 12.1% ▲ | 2.9% ▲ | −4.4% ▼ | −13.1% ▼ | x |
| Other services (except public administration) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Public administration | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
| 15 to 24 Years | 25 to 54 Years | 55 Years & Over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | Both Genders | Females | Males | |
| Total, all industries | -30800 ▼ | -10200 ▼ | -20600 ▼ | -20100 ▼ | -4200 ▼ | -15800 ▼ | -7100 ▼ | 5100 ▲ | -12200 ▼ |
| Goods-producing sector | 9700 ▲ | 4900 ▲ | 4900 ▲ | -12200 ▼ | 10800 ▲ | -23000 ▼ | -1400 ▼ | 3700 ▲ | -5100 ▼ |
| Agriculture | 5200 ▲ | x | x | -3200 ▼ | 400 ▲ | -3600 ▼ | 7100 ▲ | 3100 ▲ | 4000 ▲ |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas | x | x | x | 200 ▲ | 3100 ▲ | -3000 ▼ | 1500 ▲ | 100 ▲ | 1400 ▲ |
| Utilities | x | x | x | 8400 ▲ | 2800 ▲ | 5500 ▲ | x | x | x |
| Construction | 0 | -200 ▼ | 400 ▲ | -22600 ▼ | 3600 ▲ | -26300 ▼ | -13600 ▼ | -2500 ▼ | -11200 ▼ |
| Manufacturing | 5400 ▲ | 2800 ▲ | 2500 ▲ | 5100 ▲ | 800 ▲ | 4300 ▲ | 5800 ▲ | 3500 ▲ | 2300 ▲ |
| Services-producing sector | -40600 ▼ | -15100 ▼ | -25500 ▼ | -7800 ▼ | -15000 ▼ | 7200 ▲ | -5800 ▼ | 1500 ▲ | -7300 ▼ |
| Wholesale and retail trade | -20100 ▼ | -8900 ▼ | -11200 ▼ | -5900 ▼ | -9800 ▼ | 3900 ▲ | -7300 ▼ | 3100 ▲ | -10300 ▼ |
| Transportation and warehousing | -200 ▼ | x | 1200 ▲ | -4100 ▼ | -2200 ▼ | -1900 ▼ | -100 ▼ | -500 ▼ | 400 ▲ |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | -4700 ▼ | -2800 ▼ | -1900 ▼ | 9800 ▲ | 11900 ▲ | -2000 ▼ | -5600 ▼ | -6900 ▼ | 1300 ▲ |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | -4300 ▼ | x | -900 ▼ | 19000 ▲ | 1200 ▲ | 17800 ▲ | -1200 ▼ | 3100 ▲ | -4300 ▼ |
| Business, building and other support services | -1800 ▼ | 1000 ▲ | -2800 ▼ | -5600 ▼ | -11200 ▼ | 5700 ▲ | 6500 ▲ | 3500 ▲ | 3000 ▲ |
| Educational services | -5100 ▼ | -2500 ▼ | -2600 ▼ | -400 ▼ | -3600 ▼ | 3100 ▲ | -1000 ▼ | 3500 ▲ | -4500 ▼ |
| Health care and social assistance | 7400 ▲ | 6300 ▲ | 1100 ▲ | -1300 ▼ | 9800 ▲ | -11000 ▼ | -4100 ▼ | -7500 ▼ | 3500 ▲ |
| Information, culture and recreation | -400 ▼ | 3600 ▲ | -4000 ▼ | -6400 ▼ | 1000 ▲ | -7400 ▼ | 2900 ▲ | -100 ▼ | 2900 ▲ |
| Accommodation and food services | -14300 ▼ | -11100 ▼ | -3100 ▼ | 1200 ▲ | -5800 ▼ | 7000 ▲ | 2500 ▲ | 6900 ▲ | -4500 ▼ |
| Other services (except public administration) | -1000 ▼ | 2400 ▲ | -3400 ▼ | -17300 ▼ | -8400 ▼ | -8900 ▼ | 3600 ▲ | 1000 ▲ | 2600 ▲ |
| Public administration | x | x | x | 3100 ▲ | 2200 ▲ | 900 ▲ | -2000 ▼ | -4700 ▼ | 2900 ▲ |
| Statistics Canada Table 14-10-0022-01: Labour force characteristics by industry, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality | |||||||||
Data are sourced from the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey (LFS), a monthly survey which measures the current state of the Canadian labour market.
Statistics Canada data are released under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey Tables:
B.C. Data Catalogue: - Current Census Economic Regions
This report is built with the flexdashboard R package, sourcing the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey data using the cansim R package, the Canadian provincial and territorial boundaries geospatial data using the cancensus R package and the British Columbia economic region boundaries geospatial data using the bcdata R package.
The R code is available in bcgov GitHub, made available under the Apache 2.0 licence.